# Anthropic picks Fluidstack to build custom data centres in Texas and New York in a $50B plan

Canonical page: https://technooptimist.io/stories/anthropic-picks-fluidstack-to-build-custom-data-centres-in-texas-and-cc7435a1
Date: 12 Nov 2025
About: [Fluidstack](https://technooptimist.io/companies/fluidstack.md) · [Fluidstack AI cloud](https://technooptimist.io/computing/fluidstack-ai-cloud.md)
Original source: https://www.constellationr.com/insights/news/anthropic-spend-50-billion-ai-infrastructure-fluidstack-partnership

Anthropic said it will spend $50B building its own AI data centres with Fluidstack, starting with sites in Texas and New York that power up through 2026. It marks a move beyond renting capacity from Google Cloud and AWS.

## Key facts

- About 800 permanent and 2,400 construction jobs expected.
- More sites are planned.
- Fluidstack's customers also include Meta, Nvidia and Samsung, per Constellation Research.

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